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The author assembles a witty gastronomical anthology of essays and sketches that explore cooking, dining customs, and food in literature and history. Chapters range from practical reflections on cooks and menus to playful meditations on poets in the kitchen, salads, oysters, waiters, snails, and Lenten fare, enriched with historical anecdotes, culinary criticism, and humorous observations. Combining recipe lore, menu lists, and literary citations, the work examines the social rituals of eating, the artistry of chef and waiter, and the cultural meanings of particular dishes, mixing instruction, scholarship, and light-hearted commentary.

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Title: The greedy book

A gastronomical anthology

Author: Frank Schloesser

Release date: June 12, 2024 [eBook #73816]

Language: English

Original publication: London: Gay and Bird, 1906

Credits: Carol Brown, Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

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